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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for generating a dissolved ammonia solution with reduced dissolved carrier gas and oxygen content
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Application No.: US16842515Application Date: 2020-04-07
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Publication No.: US11691111B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Ulrich Alfred Brammer , Johannes Seiwert , Christiane Le Tiec
- Applicant: MKS Instruments, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Andover
- Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
- Current Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Andover
- Agency: Cesari and McKenna, LLP
- Main IPC: B01D19/00
- IPC: B01D19/00 ; B01F23/23 ; B01F23/232 ; B01F23/80 ; B01F35/21 ; B01F35/221 ; B01F35/75 ; B01F23/237 ; B01F101/58

Abstract:
Systems and methods are described for supplying a rinsing liquid including ultrapure water and an ammonia gas. The system includes an ultrapure water source and a gas mixture source in fluid communication with a contactor. The gas mixture includes ammonia gas and a carrier gas. The system includes a control unit configured to adjust a flow rate of the ultrapure water source such that an operational pressure of the contactor remains below a pressure threshold. The system includes a compressor configured to remove a residual transfer gas out of the contactor. The contactor generates a rinsing liquid having ultrapure water and a concentration of the ammonia gas dissolved therein. The system includes a pump in fluid communication between the contactor and an outlet. The pump is configured to deliver the rinsing liquid having a gaseous partial pressure below the pressure threshold at the outlet.
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